Upholstery edge



Dec. 3l, 1929. H. Fox

UPHOLSTERY EDGE Filed OCT.. 19. 1928 Patent-ed. 31, 1929 PATENT oFl-lcnmaar rox, or LownLn, mssncnusnrrs UPHOLSTERY EDGE Application medOctober 19, 1928. Serial lo. 318,469.

In the manufacture of articles of upholstery, more particularly thoseknown as overstuffed, it has been customar to build up reinforced edgesfor thev cus ions and li e parts, for this purpose the upholstererprogressively forming up a foundation over which the covering fabric isdrawn.

The present invention relates to a reformed foundation material for suche ges llo which may be cut to the length desired and the covering fabricdrawn thereover, eliminating the necessity of progressively buildin upsuch a foundation and \securing the fa ric thereto as the article of"furniture is H5 being made, this being an expensive operation andrequiring experience and great skill. The present invention, therefore,has for an object the production ofv a thoroughy satisfactory foundationor edge from rea 150 ily available materials and at small expense. For amore completel understanding of this invention, reference may be had tothe; accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a cross section ofstrips of i5 brous material secured together preparatory to folding ,toform the desired edge.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the use of different material.

Fi ures 3 and 4 are cross sections throu h the nished foundation edgeshowing-t e materials of Figures 1 and 2, respectively.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary section throu h a cushion showing one mannerof using t e edge. Referring to Figure 1, at 1 is 4shown in crosssection a relatively wide lstrip of fibrous material such as felt.centrally thereon is a much narrower strip 2 of the same or similarmaterial, these strips being united centrally as by a line of stitching3. Thecompound strip thus formed is folded together about the line ofstitching 3, causing the edges of the strip 2 to be brought together asshown at 4 in Figure 3 and causinv the. narrower strip thus folded to beenveoped by the strip 1 whose marginal portions are brought together inface to face re- V lation as along the lines '5 and fixed in thisposition beyond the folded strip 2, as by 50 means of llnes of stitching6 and 7 The section.

Superposed' narrower strip thus forms a core about which the widerstrip/is folded, causin the whole to present asubstantially round bead 8havin a narrower extended portion 9 along one si e thereof. f

As the fibrous material most suitable for the purpose is made in sheetform, the core strip .2 cut therefrom is of rectangular cross Thefolding operation, however, ,causes the core to becomevsubstantiallycircular in cross section and at the same time wraps the relatively widestrip therearound, the line of the stitching indenting the surface ofthe core stri and defining a natural line of fold about whlch it tendsto bend when the edges of the strip 1 are brought together. Preferablythe core strip, as shown, is of a width of about double its thickness,as when folded this produces a substantially circular core of adiametrical cross section about double the thickness of the strip.

In Figure 2, in place of using a felt strip, a strip of cheaper fibrousmaterial, .such as hair or the like," as at 10, reinforced as by astripof burlap or other fabricll on one face, is used. As shown in thisfigure the wider strip 10 is provided with longitudinal lines ofstitching 12 fixing the burlap or other fabric thereto. The narrow strip15 may be made of similar material having the reinforcing fabric 16thereon. These strips are fixed 1n superposed relation, as shown inFigure 2,` the reinforcin fabric 11 being on the lower side of thestr1p'10 and preferably also the reinforcing fabric 16 adjacent to theupper face of the strip 10. These strips, fixed together as by the 11ne0f stitching 20, are then folded about this line, as shown in Figure 4,to cause the strip 10 to envelop the folded strip'15,'the marginalportions of the strip 10 being then secured to ether in face vto facerelation as by means o the stitching 17 and 18. A

The foundation or edge thus produced may be cut to the desired lengthsand fixed to the upholstered article in position to have the outerfabric or covering material 21 drawn over the rounded bead portion 8,as, for example,as illustrated in Figure 5 in which one manner of usingthis strip is illustrated. It

is firm enough to properly shape the covering material but 1s not stiff,nor liable to breakage in service, nor will it take a permanent set whenbent at any point as by 5' pressure thereon by a portion of the body of.the occupant of the chair or other article in which it may beincorporated, the felted material being inherently springy and tendingto resume its normal condition.

Having thus described certain 'embodi-V ments of this invention, itshould be ev1- -dent to those skilled in the art that various changesand modifications might,be made without departing from its spirit orscope as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1, An upholstery edge comprising a pair of superposed strips of fibrousmaterlal, one of said strips being wider than the other, a line ofstitching fixing the strips together between their side edges, saidstrips being folded longitudinally to cause the wider of said strips tovenvelop theinarrower strip, and

' means for securing together the margins of said wider strip beyond theedges of said narrower strips.

posed strips of felted fibrous material stitched together along a medianlongitudinal` line, one of said strips being narrower than the other andof rectangular cross section of a width substantially twice itsthickness, said strips being folded together about the line of stitchingwith said narrower strip on the inner vside of the foldand" enclosed bythe other of said strips, the fovlded portion of said other strip beingsecured together beyond saidnarrower,v str1 In testimony wlhereof I haveafiixed my signature. p

HARRY FOX.

2. An upholstery edge comprising a strip of fibrous material foldedalong a median line and stitched together back from the line of fold,and a core between the adjacent.

sides of said strip at said line of fold, said core comprising a singlestrip of fibrous material narrower than said first mentioned strip andfolded along a median line.

3. An u holstery edge comprising a pair of strips of fi rous material,one being narrower than the other and fixed in superposed centralrelation by a line of stitches to the other, the edges of said widerstrip being brought together to fold said narrower stri about the lineof stitching and toenvelop sald narrower `strip by'saidwider strip, andlines of stitching securing said edges outwardly of the edges of saidnarrower strip.

4. An upholstery edge comprising superposed strips of fibrous material,one of said strips being narrower than the other and of substantiallyrectangular cross Section, said narrower strip being folded togetherabout a o median line to form a core and the other of said strips beingfolded lengthwise about said core to enclose the same, its foldedportions beyondsaid core being secured together.

5. An upholstery edge comprising superposed strips of felted fibrousmaterial stitched 'together along a median longitudinal line,one of saidstrips being narrower than the other and of rectangular cross section,said strips being folded together about the line of stitching with saidnarrower strip on the inner side of the fold and enclosed by the otherof said strips, the folded portions of said other strip being securedtogether beyond said narrower strip.

6. An upholstery edge comprising super

